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Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:00 AM

George Bush's latest powers, courtesy of the Democratic Congress

Congress is going to decree that the president has the power to order private citizens to break the law, as well as to spy on our telephone calls and e-mails with no warrants.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, June 19, 2008 09:59 AM

    Trained Monkeys

    I think we'd probably get better vote outcomes with a bunch of untrained button-pushing monkeys than with the trained ones we have now. They get invited to fancy dinners and vote yes. It's probably a little too easy for them to understand.

    —rockdawg Read rockdawg's other letters

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